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Everyone should cook with MSG, says food scientist

"I like to encourage my kids to eat a little healthier, so I'll sprinkle a little 'supersalt' in there. That stuff is really powerful."

wsj.com

How Surgeons Stay Focused for Hours

Some organ transplants can take eight hours or more. Surgeons at Montefiore Health System have carefully honed strategies to push through long procedures.

ohsu.edu

Healthy Families

I remember running into the Emergency Room and seeing nothing but tears: tears from the nurses and staff, tears from a distraught mother, and then tears clouding my own vision when I saw the lifeless form of the 6-month-old boyI was as close with his family as I had been with any family as their pediatrician. I was present at his birth, provided his well-child care and cared for his sister through an illness and subsequent rehabilitation.Everything was perfect until that night, when I signed his death certificate.He died in his sleep, and the autopsy showed no abnormality or disease. The medical examiner ruled his death to be Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS. He had slept in bed with his parents, and they found him unresponsive at 4 a.m.…

ahealthblog.com

How To Improve Quality Of Sleep Easily With Exercise

According to a study, people had better quality of sleep and felt more alert throughout the day if they get a minimum of 150 minutes of exercise every week. From a sample of over 2,600 18

time.com

Why Interrupted Sleep Is Worse Than Short Sleep

When they compared which is worse, researchers found some striking effects on mood

health.com

7 Tips for the Best Sleep Ever

Surprising new tips to help you get the rest you crave.

osfhealthcare.org

What is an Advanced Practice Provider?

At OSF HealthCare, we are transforming how we provide your health care so that more services are available to you when you need them.

usatoday.com

Hospitals learn that sleep is good medicine

Nationwide, there is a growing movement among caregivers that This change is part of a growing national recognition among hospitals that sleep is crucial for healing.

ted.com

Why we all need to practice emotional first aid

We'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don’t we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss, loneliness? Too many of us deal with common psychological-health issues on our own, says Guy Winch. But we don’t have to. He makes a compelling case to practice emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions, our minds, with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.

webmd.com

Slideshow: 20 Tips to Reduce Your Sleep Problems

Can't sleep? Start using the tips from this WebMD slideshow tonight to sleep better.

cntraveler.com

11 Tips for Sleeping Well on a Plane

A clinical sleep educator shares the best tips in her arsenal for successful in-flight snoozing.

well.blogs.nytimes.com

How Exercise Can Help Us Sleep Better

If you habitually experience insomnia, exercise can help you sleep better, a new study found. But it can take up to four months before you see results, and you may sleep worse on days you exercise.